Checklist of the marine and estuarine fishes of New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea, western Pacific Ocean, with 810 new records
Author
Andréfouët, Serge
Author
Chen, Wei-Jen
Author
Kinch, Jeff
Author
Mana, Ralph
Author
Russell, Barry C.
Author
Tully, Dean
Author
White, William T.
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Zootaxa
2019
2019-04-23
4588
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1
360
journal article
26780
10.11646/zootaxa.4588.1.1
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Plectorhinchus flavomaculatus
(Cuvier [ex Ehrenberg] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1830)
—Yellow-spotted
sweetlips
Status at
New Ireland
. New record
, based on specimens observed at Kavieng fish market in
2004–2005
by
Jeff Kinch
during
CFMDP
Survey
, and by
Barry C. Russell
on
14 and 21 June 2014
.
Distribution and habitat.
New Ireland
: 2.—General distribution: Red Sea and East Africa east to
Philippines
and New
Guinea
, north to southern
Japan
, south to northern
Australia
and
New Caledonia
. Solitary or in small groups, in sheltered coastal reefs or lagoons,
2–40 m
depth. Marine.